Discourse and Communication

Year
0
Academic year
2019-2020
Code
01010422
Subject Area
Communication Sciences
Language of Instruction
Portuguese
Mode of Delivery
Face-to-face
Duration
SEMESTRIAL
ECTS Credits
6.0
Type
Compulsory
Level
1st Cycle Studies

Recommended Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Teaching Methods

The methodology followed in the classes of Discourse and Communication follows the theoretical and practical content of the course. In classes with heavier theoretical weight, the contents are exposed by the teacher, with the use of data projectors, so that the classes are accompanied by a more effective and clear means. Because there is a more practical programmatic module in the second half of the semester, classes operate  on workshop regime, in which students are confronted with diverse examples and exercises to perform several analysis.

Learning Outcomes

Discourse and Communication is an obligatory course, establishing continuity with the teaching of the Portuguese Language and Writing Skills courses. As those courses addressed the linguistic and textual dimensions in Discourse and Communication the student is led to reflect on discourse in its social, contextual and pragmatic dimensions. It is expected that at the end of the semester, students are able to:

* Articulate a reflection on the theoretical paradigms of speech, in all its complexity and diversity of manifestations, with the methodological tools most appropriate to the practice of analysis of various textual and discursive genres;

* Understand the specificity of the discourse of the news media;

* Question the neutrality and objectivity as categories of speech;

* Understand the functioning of language in the construction of persuasive discourse;

* Master the main tools of discourse analysis. 

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1.1. From Text to speech

1.2. The development of pragmatics for an understanding of speech

1.3. Discourse, context and social dimension

 

2. Media power and discourse

2.1. The mediation of experience through discourse

2.2. News Discourse

2.3. The concept of objectivity and subjectivity of discourse

2.4. The discourse of media: information and opinion

 

3. Discourse Analysis and the media

3.1. Objectives of discourse analysis

3.2. Discourse Analysis and the contribution of Linguistics.

 

Head Lecturer(s)

Maria Clara Moreira de Almeida Santos

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Exam: 50.0%
Other: 50.0%

Bibliography

BARTHES, R. (2007). Mitologias. Lisboa: Edições 70.

BARTHES, R. (2007). Elementos de Semiologia. Lisboa: Edições 70.

BIGNELL, J. (1997). Media Semiotics. An Introduction. Manchester: Manchester University Press.

CHARAUDEAU, P. (2011). Les médias et l’information: l’impossible transparence du discours. Bruxelles : De Boeck.

ESQUENAZI, J-P. (2011). L’écriture de l’actualité: pour une sociologie du discours médiatique. Grenoble : PUG.

FAIRCLOUGH, N. (2011). Media Discourse. London: Bloomsbury Academic.

FIDALGO, A. (1998). Semiótica: a Lógica da Comunicação. Covilhã: UBI.

KRESS, G. (2001). Multimodal discourse: the modes and media of contemporary communication. London: Arnold.

MATHESON, D. (2005). Media Discourses: analyzing media texts. Maidenhead: Open University Press.

PEDRO, E. R. (org.). (1997). Análise crítica do Discurso. Lisboa: Caminho.

VAN DIJK, T. A. (2005). Discurso, notícia e ideología. Estudos na Análise Crítica do Discurso. Porto: Campo das Letras.